Karl Sherwin's Page

"Scott or Robert, if either of you could provide a scan or template for me that would be most appreciated. Karl"

"Thanks Robert, well then count me in as needing one also!"

"Robert, I don't have either of the covers for sale, but my AM FM Philly only has the entire bottom cover, on mine it looks like there never was a smaller cover. Could you post a picture of the area that should have the smaller cover? Maybe…"

"Hi Mike, I had the same idea as you, and I happened to see your post. NIce!  In my case I would only need an inch or so and like you, if I paint it black or even try to match the cabinet finish and maybe add a bit of trim that would hide it…"

"Karl, the philharmonic is a deep chassis, it will hang out of the cabinet a little, I used a Tasman cabinet that originally housed an allwave 23' the Philly stuck out about an inch or so, I made a removable frame to cover the chassis I also…"

"Thanks for all the replies. Robert Feenstra had mentioned that his Philly sticks out about an inch in the back of his Wellington. Mine would too, a little over a half inch. Since I'm starting with a new face board, I was thinking of placing it…"

"LOL ! Looking at that mic, although it is set for the dreaded Metric system, if you look above, at the inch scale, and at the 7 layers of solid wood in the plywood, it looks like a high grade, or aircraft grade 3/8" plywood."

"Scott, this has got to be one of the most boring photo's ever, it' an off cut from the plywood I used for my philharmonic  A shade under 9mm (sorry it's metric again) Mike"

"Mike, we have imported Baltic birch- sweet stuff.  9mm isn't common in the lumber yards, but I see it is available via mail order in smaller pieces.    I thought you meant to use the birch and stain it without applying a veneer…"

"Sorry Scott I forgot myself, I used 'That' birch ply as it was the nearest size I could get, the 1/4 inch stuff over here is all coarse filler inbetween the surface veneer, I used 9mm birch with walnut veneer on one side, used hot hide…"

"C'mon Mike, we don't use that silly system of measurement, we use the one that your country gave us ;-) Most of these cabinets are either mahagony or walnut.  I don't see birch as being close to either one. The grain structure is…"

"Bruce, I'll give you a call tomorrow, we've talked before. Scott, I appreciate the offer, if the face board falls through with Bruce I'll let you know. Thanks, Karl"

"Is 9mm birch ply available in the USA, That's what I used for my philharmonic readily available here in the UK."

"The Philharmonic panels are 3/8" thick with a rabbit cut behind the dial escutcheon.  Not a common thickness in hardwood ply.  I would get a piece of quality 1/4" ply and veneer on that, balancing the front and back.  There…"

"Karl, if you want I can CNC route you a new Philharmonic face board, my labor in trade for the old Phantom face board. "